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CP'. I.t reAT.,DI FUND, for the purpose of ItA.l - ,Dl ecu r l % , a permanent incom e f or GEN ER AL GARI ,,y4I).d his family aftsr him. Le Duke of 2HER LAND, Chairman. CEI O A S. sr,ELY, Esq., M.P. Deputy Chairman. c on tr 11. KINNAIRD, M.P., Treasurer. 100 rih utions maybe paid to the bankers, Messrs. Ransom, be , d ;tte, and Co., 1, Pall Mall East, and communicat!ons to A u‘rss.?d to the Secretary, Arthur H. Guinness, Esq., at ::, a 1 1'' 8-court Charing-crow. 'of lle • 8 he 28t firs be h in st. tof contributions will appear in the " Times" , cp....'a-Court, Charing-cross, 29th April, 1864. R O YAL FREE HOSPITAL. Gray's-inn-road .... in the i mmed i ate vicinity of the Great N or th ern Rail way Terminus, King's-cross. / TXDS are urgently REQUIRED. holas-l ane. ....Treasurer an d Banker—EDWARD MASTERMAN, Esq., alc rIGRATION TO NOVA SCOTIA, in the Middle of the GOLD FIELDS, which have proved ;;;iutsht prolific. A beautiful Town on a Gentleman's Seat, Gr ow " fi ne Road going through it, and be utiful Pleasure fihnt.tds and P isture Grounds all round. Fishing and lo c i„ ° , t rng, ; no restrictions. Building Lots very cheap. Every t o fgenee allowed to the poor. Passage money from One _ohree Pounds sterling. Plenty of employment. r further particulars apply at 21, Fetter-lane, Fleet- London. London A. B. ADAMS, Secretary. T II ,E EUROPEAN CATTLE IMPORTING A4I4,,;',OMPANY (LIIIITED). Registered under the Com iudiC At, IF, which limits the iability of the Share era toc the amount of Shares held l by them. Capital £50,000, in 10,000 Shares of £5 each. (With power to increase.) De Posit 103. First issue 5,000 Shares. per Share on application, and XI on Allotment. Future Calls not to exceed £l. per Share, and at intervals of not less than Two Months. Should no Allotment be boade the Deposit will be returned in full. CHAIR. „, DIRECTORS. tr AN Vice-Admiral Sir Henry John Lecke, --.C.8.K.H„ M.P., (Chairman of the London and Pro• eiyiucial M ar i ne I nsurance C ompany ). 1, 43 „r1es Boyd, E sq., B arnes, S urre y. r euerick John Burge, Esq., Medical Officer of Health, Immersmith. William Cousens Esq. (Messrs. Hungate, Cousens, and •r,,? ° .1) 32, Great' St. Helens. NY !Liam Cowell, Esq (Messrs. Cowell and Sons,) Knights bridge,lie henry Fox Esq. (Director of the Marine Investment Charles John Packman, Esq. (Messrs. Packman and Captain, Newgate Market and Metroolitan Cattle Market. William K. Smith, 67, Canno p n-street, a .BANKERS. metro and Provincial Bank (Limited), 75, Cornhill. SOLICITOR. 11 " J. Murray; Esq., Mansfield Buildings, Great St. lielen'a, E.C. BROKERS. „kteSPrs. Si ms an d Hill , 3, Bartholomew-lane, London. T homas Morris, Esq., 3, India-buildings, Water-street, Liverpool. Ar essrs. Edwards Aunrrons. and James, 18, King-street, Cheapside, SECRETARY. Alexander Dalrymple, Esq. T emporary Offices-32, Ironmonger-lane, Cheapside. ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. This . Company has been formed for the purpose of im nurt n .. 8 into the English Market, from the southern parts v h flur PG and elsewhere, a supply of healthy cattle, tor a and (-11 the the rapidly-i ncreas i n g population of this country, naturally great consumption of animal food, present Profitable field for a largely increased supply. rtro-Uhe prevailing mortality amongst cattle in this country, Pleuro-pneumonia or lung disease, and other diatom -I°,,,se_rlllB (attributable, amongst other things, to inefficient Wails of transport), has long engaged the attention of ob i t "tific men, and their reports point to the necessity of f ' t illing increased supplies from foreign countries, free b r ° , ro the prevlent diseases Prcticl men will b eloyed this Company to select . and a purc a hase cattle e in m :su p itable ozlities. In order to avoid the great risk hitherto known to t from contact with unwholesome carriages, railway tjuek a f , of an improved construction will be retained for the ,', lll Pany s sole use from the ports of debarkation, and well ( tl b e ' ln ised depots, with pasturage, &a., will be provided for ~,reception of the Company's stock. 0 dairymen this Company holds out great advantages, by "'Porting Spanish, Jersey and other cows, which have an est ablished rep u t a ti on as good dairy stock. The grazier will d i s t ? be benefited by the importation of young and well-eon „ toned a n i ma l s at a moderate cost; and to the consumer t he object of this Company will be of the highest import &tic 0 , as it secures a supply of foreign cattle free from dis `4.ls attributable to a want of proper ventilation and stow agte, on shipboard. Decembe r , the statistical returns, it appears that in the month ,f -' - "eoember, 1863 (the worst month in the year), there were `"Ported into London alone— Oxen Caives Sheep Pigs Horses Total a 1 . t will thus be seen that fully 1 . 000 head of Cattle are thay imported into London from the Continent, proving the obj2ets of this Company are based upon a great x-isting commerce, and an increasing demand ; and from a most moderate estimate it appears that a very large profit , 1113 Y be confidently anticipated on the c a p ital of the Com- P 44 3', after deduoting the exanses of administratiOfficeon (a dettiled estimate mav be inspec p ted at the Temporary s 31 the Company. It 'is well known that large fortunes have Peen realised by Cattle Importers, even when their opsra tions have been carried on with the present insufficient means of transport, whereby a large portion of their stock become unfit for the markets, and it may bo fairly assumed that a well organised undertaking. combining a good prac tical management and sufficient capital, will be attended With most profitable results to the Shareholders. Applications for Shares may be made to the Bankers, trolters, Solicitor, or the Secretary at the Temporary Offices or the Company, where Prospectuses can also be obtained. No application will be attended to unle ss accompanied by a dep:mit of 10s. per Share. TFIE INDEPENDENT FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY (Limited). Capital One Million Stirling, `n 40,000 Shares of £25 each. £l per Share to be paid on R _Pplication, and Ll 10s. per Share o n allotment. Calls not T!ceeding Ll per Share, at intervals of not less than Three 'Oaths. DIRECTORS. Jo hn Downes, Esq. (Messrs. Downes and Scott), Upper Thames. street, Director of the National Provincial Marine Insurance Company. c , "rge Haines, Esq., Merchant, 36, Lou'bard. street. w J ohn Ingi e dew, Esq., Cambridge House, Lee Park, Trent.' 'than). Knight, Esq. (Messrs. William Knight and Uo.), 83 r ....omb. G e ary Led ad s ard, Esq., Forest-hill, Ken t . Geor ge Symons, Esq. (Messrs, G. S. Symons and Co.), Johns 20 nd 21, St. Dunstan's-hill. E. Tibbs, Esq. (Messrs. J. E. Tibbs and Son), T hreadneedle-street, Director of the Staffordshire Roll ing Stock Company. James Lunham, Esq. (Messrs. James Lunham and Co.), a_ 2 , 31, High-street, Borough. doez Voss, Esq. (Messrs. Voss, Meek, and Co.), Billiter „_square. Fa lter Brodie, Esq., 13. Delamere .terrace, Hyde-park, .7 t'-e Member of te House of Represen tatives, New • , ceala a • (lnfluential names in Manchester and Liverpool will be immediately added to the D i r ection.) 13A -"rxEns—The Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, 79, Cornhill, S oLiciTons—Messrs. Bennett and St ark, 4, Furnival's Inn, Holborn. IT IWEYOB—James Edmeston, Esq., Crown court, Old Broad-street. Scrutton and Son, 81, Old Broad-street. AUDITORS—Messrs. Cash and Edwards, Public trit„„ A ccoun t a nts, 13, Tokenhouse - y ard, E.C. 4-i ct nAL AND RESIDENT MANAGER—Mr. Robert Steers. SECRETARY—Mr. George Drew Hodges. OFFICES -29, Nicholas-lane, Lombard .street, B.C. This Company has for its purpose the t ransaction of the ro Portant and remunera tive business of Fire Ins urance, "(1 that only, to the exclusion of other branches of busi item not unusually associated with it, under the same direc t; and operating on one and the sa me ca p ital. The 'rectors are satisfied that the scope for the business of fire i nsurance presented by this country and its dependencies, ' B l as a commercial speculation, deserving of paramount attention ; and, the contract being one terminab le annually, t he profits or loss arising determine in like manner, year by 3'ear, and exhibit at once a company's financial position and its resources. While the partial remission of the fire insurance duty how in the contemplation of Government, and applicable only to the insurance of stock-in-trade, will afford a com .Dparatively limited relief from the (menus oppression, the irectors have resolved to allow upon payment for every lziolicy, and afterwards at each renewal, an immediate draw. ° , iek which, in many instances , wi ll amount to a total ex tinetion of the entire duty of three shillings per cent. To the public at larg e, and to the g reater proportion of the 'manufacturing and mercantile community, this arrange ent will prove a high l y acce p table advantage. The draw k allowed by a few of th e older offices by way of per °enra ga on premiums, at intervals of years, is of im ,rtance onl y to those who a re rated at premiums ranging c " i ‘RY from one guinea per cent. upwards, and is partici pated in only bythose who may have premiums to be re newed at the period of the making of these returns ; whereas the the principle adopted by this Company, the owners of the y classes of risk of the more ordinary occurrence, are ti lt ? Who will be the more substantially and at the same Promptly benefited. t a i L he concession to be thus made to the public . will e e e l: ti,, 41 3 , be the means not only of increasing in their !Tp „ 0 aolounts insurances now existing, but of multiplyingin thi - e very large extent the number of insurance contracts unusable and pro colonial connections. its enormous insurable pperty in this kingdom alone, including as and increasing importations arising from the t 574 interchange of tariffs, is believed to approximate to th ° , ll,o Go,ooo, whereas 300,000,000 only is insured ; 4110 Le aving nearly three .fourths of the insurable am ount eether unprotected from loss. h a lt would be difficult to find any class of investments which 440 yielded such large profits as the shares of well- con ere„'_ed fire offices. The shares of the older offices have in ttoi7ed in value immensely, being, in one case, at a pre eAttti.'' of about ],300, and in another of nearly 2,000 per Of th On the sums originally paid up. The increased years stands shares of offices established within the last 20 years 1 ., at from 80 to 200 per cent. is under these circumstances, and considering the ina.• tomesfield presented for operations to come, that the direc to „o e ve taken advantage of so favourable an opportunity 110 J ... 0r to the public he benefits of the principle of business b o i; adopted by them ; and they have every reason to Vhi c v L e that by its special feature and the public support e that must necessarily invite the undertaking will They be productive of the best monetary results. ales? btuexecuive will be entrusted to officers of tried experi lre , 1 3. the siness of fire insurance, and the directors have ra eti a t os,,r?atured arrangements for the immediate establish _°!_hve hundred agencies. a ttee ' . _e directors desire to give the most unqualified assur objeet,'? the public that nothing of the nature of frivolous to , Lions to a prompt and liberal settlement of claims for 1 1:1`""Aation will ever be entertained or countenanced by er Q . I ' l l3r th a application for shares may be had at the offices In th e `-' event of full no . allotment being made, the deposit will ' etl in IF THIS SHOULD MEET THE EYE of any one troubled with Wind in the Stomach, Indizestion, or Biliousness, take PAGE WOODCOCK'S WIND PILLS. TPCir world-wide celebrity proves them of sterling merit. Of all medicine vendors at is. 10. 9nd 2s. 9d. ; or free by nost for 14 or 33 stamps from Page D. Woodcock, Chemist Lincoln. pRIZE MEDAL XHIBITION, 18 —INTERNATIONAL E 62. FRANCIS TUCKER St CO., Wax Chandlers, (to., Na, To the Queen and the Ptince of Wales. - _ (Established 17.10.) The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 186?, testifies to he excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' manufacture. A distinguished Dignittrry, in a letter addressed to Francis T uc ker and Co., on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WIC.KS, says : " I have found them fully equal to the recommendation mhich you gave them, and can sincerely, in my turn, I com end themto the clergy for the use of the altar." Finest quality, with fatted Wicks, patented.. s. 4d. per lb. s. Od. per lb. Ordinary quality • • N • • • • • • , VEGETABLE C A DLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Best quality .. • • • • • • .. ls. sd. per lb. Se e3nd qual is. 3d. per lb. ity Third quality• • • • • • • . • .. le. ld. per lb. Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO., 8, South Holton-street, Grosvenor -square. Manufactory— , Kensington (Established 1730). the large" Establishment in England for the Manufacture Wax candlelit for the use of the Altar. '. .-.2.....,) ,::ZZ.e--, / - 1/ - THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 22, 1864. g . Jet (-2flX--%-r—,—;;---41111! PRICE .4d. STAMPED,....bd. N°. 22410. IN what " Happy Land" can I see you after the "Opera?" I only know of One HAPPY LAND in which a Gentleman may Sup—EVANS', COVENT -DARDEN, my dear fellow! S FRATFORD• ON- AVON TERCENTENARY FESTIVAL. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. PRESIDENT. Right Hon. the Earl of CARLISLE, K.G. SATURDAY, April 231, BANQUET. at 3 p.m. Landa.isle the Chair. Tickets 21s. In the Evening, gr dis play of Fireworks, by Darby. MONDAY MORNING, April 25th, at Noon, the MES SIA El.-Mesdames Parepa, Sainton-Doiby, Mr. Sims Reeves, Mr. G. Perren, Mr. Santley ; Mr. T. Harper (Trumpet) Band and Chorus of 5Ju performers. Conductor, Mr. Alfred Mel lon. Tickets, Is. Reserved -eats, 10s -d. and 21s. MONDAY EVENING, at Seven, a GRAND CONCERT of MUSIC, associated witu the words from Shakspere.-Mme. Parepa, Mme. Sainton- Dolby, Mme. Arabella Goddard, Mr. Sims Reeves Mr. G. Perren, Mr. Santley. Orchestra of 120 Instruments. , Conductor, Mr. Alfred Mellon. T:ckets, 2s 6d. Reserved Seat s, ss. and 10s id. TUESDAY MORNING, April 26. EXCURSION TO CHAIM ECOTE. Tickets ss. In the Evening, at 7 o'clock, TWELFTH NIGHT wil be represented by the Company of the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. Orsini, Mr. owe -Sebas tian, Mr. Weathersby-Antonio, Mr. Braid-Roberto, Mr. Walter Gordon-Yario, Mr. Clar,-Valentine, mr. Wo rrel- Sir Toby Belch, Mr. Rogers-Sir Andrew, Mr. Buckstone - Fabian. Mr. W. Farren-Clown, Mr. Compton-Priest, Nlr. Cu llenford-Officers, Mr. Coe and Mr. James Olivia, Miss H. Lindley -Viola, Miss Louisa Angel-Maria, Mrs. E. Fitz william. After the Comedy, Mr. Sothern (Lord Dundi'eary) will ap pear in a new Farce. Tickets 55.-Reserved Seats, 108. 6d. and 21s. On WEDNESDAY HORNING, April 27, A SHAKE SPEAREAN READING. rickets, 25. 6d. -Reserved Seats, Is. In the Evening, in consequence of the withdrawal of Mr. Fechter, Mr. Vining, of the Royal Princess's Theatre, ha kindly undertaken to put two of shakespear's nays upon the Stage. At 7 o clock will be produced the Tragedy of ROMEO A ND JULIET. The characer of Juliet b Mdlle. Stella Collar, sur ported by Mr. H. t Marston, Mr. J. Nelson, Mr. Vininm, Mr. D. Fisher, and Mr. Forrester. After which the q COMEDY OF ErtRORS. The Antipholi by Mr. Vining and Mr. Ne son. The two Dromios by the brothers Webb, supported by Miss C. Carson, Miss H. Howard, ant Miss E. Barnett. Tickets U.-Reserved Seats, 10s. 6d. and 21s. The Hamlet tickets will be available for this Evening's Entertainments. On THURSDAY MORNING, April 28, in the Shake spearean Rooms, a CONCERT of Instrumental Music and Glees from Shakesperean Plays.-Ticke s, 2s. 6d.-Reserved Seats. ss. In the Evening at Seven, AS YOU LIKE IT will be represented : Rosalind, Mrs Hermann Vezin (late Mrs. Charles Young)-Celia, Miss Rebecca Powell.-Phoebe, Miss Bufton-Audry, Miss Charlotte Saunders.-The Duke, Mr. J. Bennett-Jaques, Mr.Creswick.-Amiens, Mr.W. H. Cumings. -Orlando, Mr.W.Farren-Adam, Mr. Chippendale. -Touch stone, Mr. I ompton -Le Beau, Mr. Belfordt-Oliver, Mr. R. Dolman,-Wrestler, Mr H. Payne. The play prodncedunder the superintendence of Mr. H. Creswick. Tickets, Is.-Re served Seats, Ws. 6d. and 21s. On FRIDAY Evening, April 29th, "GRAND FANCY DRESS BALL." Ticke s (by vouchers), 21s. A series of Popular Entertainments in the following week. During the Festival there will be an exhibition in the Town Hall of many of the well known Portraits of Shakes peare and eminent Actors of his plays. The Great Western, North-Western, and other Railway Com antes will run s ecial trains during the Festival ; and at the close of each night s performances, trains will leave for London Birmingham, Malvern, Leaming,ton, &a. Return Tickets will be available from Friday the 22d, to Saturday the 30th. Tickets, Programmes, &c., may be obtained at 2, Exeter Hall, London ; and at the Festival Ticket Office, New-place, Stratford-upon-Avon. The Official Programme, published by Messrs. Cassell, Fetter, and Galpin, containing full particulars of all matters connected with the Festival, toge her with a Guide to the Town and Neighbourhood of Stratford-upon-Avon, is now ready. This may be ob ained at the Ticket Office, and from all Booksellers, price ls. I HOUSE OF COMMONS, APRIL 21, FIRE INSURANCE DUTY. Order for committee of ways and means read, Motion made and question proposed, "That Mr. Speaker do now leave tho chair." Amendment proposed, to leave out from the word " That " to the end of the question, in order to add the words " in the opinion of this house, such a reduction of the fire insurance duty as that con templated by the resolution of the house passed last ses sion would be best effected by an uniform reduction of ls, per cent. on all descriptions of property liable to the said duty," instead thereof. Question put, "That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the question." The holm divided—Ayes, 170; Noes, 117. ' AYES —l7O. Adam,W. P. Fenwick, E. M. Padmore, R. Adeaue, H. J. Foley, 11. W. Paget, Lord A. Angerstein, W. Foljambe, F. J. S. Paget, Lord C. E. Athlumney, Lord Fortescue, C. S. Palmer, Sir R. Aytoun. R. S. Gallwey, Sir W. P. Palmerston, Visct. Bagwell, J. Gard, R. S. Paxtoa, Sir J. Baillie,ll. J. Gibson, T. M. Pease, H. Bass, M. T. Gilpin, C. Peel, Sir R. Baxter, W. E. Gladstone, W. E. Peel, F. Bazley, Thomas Goschen, G. J. Peel, J. Beach, W. W. Gower, F. L. Pilkington, James Beaumont,Somerset Gregory, W. 11. Pinney, Col. Bellew, R. M. Gregson, S. Pollard Urquhart W Berkeley, C. P. F. Grenfell, H. R. Ponsonby, A. Blencowe, J. G. Grey, Sir G. Potter, E. Bouverte, E. P. Grosvenor, Earl Price, 8.. G. Bramston, T. W. Hanbury, R. Pritchard, John Briscoe, J. I. Handiey, J. Proby, Lord G. L. Brown, J. Herve 3, Lord A. Pugh, D. Buckley, Maj.-Gen. Ilayter, Sir W. Re ton, G. W. J. Buller, J. W. Headlam, Thos. E. Robertson, D. Burke, Sir T. J. Henderson, J. Roebuck, J. A. Bury, Viscount Herbert, 11. A. Russell, Hastings Buxton, C. Hodgkinson, G. Russell, A. J. E. Caird, James Howard, lion. C. Russell, Sir Wm. Cardwell, Rt. Iln. E. Humphery, W. Scourfielo, J. H. Cave, S. Hutt, W. , Seymour, Digby Cavendish, Lord G. Kekewich, S. Shelley, Sir J. V. Childers, H. C. E. Kinglake, A. W. Sheridan, R. B. Cholmeley, Sir 31. Kinglake, Serj. J. Smith, J. B. Churchill, Lord A. Kingscote, Col. Smith, Augustus Clay, James Kinnaird, Hon. A. Smith, J. A. Cobbett, J. M. Knatchbull-ilugess Staniland, M. Cobden, It. Knightley, R. Stansfeld, J. Coke, Col. Layard, A. 11. Steel, John - Colebrooke, Sir T.E. Langton, W. H. G. Surtees, 11. E. Collier, Sir R. P. Lawson, W. Tracy, Hon. C. Coithuret, Sir G. Leatham, E. Trelawny, Sir J. S. Cowper, Hon. W.F. Lefevre, G. J. S. Turner, J. A. Craufurd, E. H. J. Liddell, Hon. H. G. Vernon, H. Crawford, R. W. Locke, John Villiers, Itt. Hon. C. Crossley, Sir F. Lowe, Rt. Hon. R.. Vivian, H. IL Dalglish, Robert Marjoribanks, D. C. Vyner, Reginald Davey, K. Martin, P. W. Watkins, Col. L. Davie, Sir 11. R. F. Martin, J. Weguelin, T. Davie, Col. F. Massey, W. N. Western, S. Denman, G. Merry, James Whitbread, S. Duff, M. E. Moncreiff, J. White, Jas. Duff, It. Mordaunt, Sir C. White, L. Dundas, Frederick Morris, D. Williams, W. Dundas, Sir David Morrison, W. Willoughby, Sir H. Dunkellin, Lord Neste, C. Winnington, Sir T. Dunlop, A. Norris, J. T. Wood, Sir C. Enfield, Viscount North, F. Woods, Henry Ewart, J. C. O'llagan, T. Ewing, H. E. C. O'Loghlen, Sir C. TELLERS. Farrer, J. Onslow, Guildford Brand, H. B. Fenwick, Henry Osborne, R. B. Dunbar, Sir Wm. NOES —ll7. Alcock, T. Hardy, J. O'Reilly, M. W. Astell, J. H. Hartopp, E. B. I'akington, Sir J. S. Baring, Thomas Hay, Sir J. I'apillon, P. 0. Barrow, W. H. Hennessy, J. P. Parker, Major W. Bateson, Sir T. Heygate, Sir F. Paull, 11. Beaumont, W. B. Heygate, W. U Pevensey, Viscount Beecroft, G. S. Ho. siali, T. B. Powell, F. S. Black, Adam Ilotham, Lord Ridley, Sir M. W. Bowyer, Sir G. Hubbard, J. G. Rose, , W. A. Bridges, Sir B. Humberstone, P. S. Scott, Lord H. Brooks, R. llume, W. Scully, V. Browne, Lord J. T. .7ermyn, Earl Selwyn, C. J. Butler, C. S. Knight, F. Seymour, A Butt, Isaac Langton, W. G. Sidney, Thomas Clifton, Sir R. Leader, N. Smith, Sir F. Cochrane, A. D. Lefroy, A. Somerset, Col. E. Cogan. W. H. Lee, W. Somes, Joseph Cox, W. Lennox, C. Stewart, Sir M. R. Cubitt, George Long, R. P. Stuart, Lt.-Col. W. Dawson, It. P. Longfield, Robert Stracey, Sir 11. Disraeli, Benjamin Lygon, lion. F. Sturt, Lt.-Col. N. Du Cane, C. M'Connick, W. Sullivan, M. Duke, Sir James MacEvoy, E. Talbot, Hon. W. C. Duncombe, A. Sl'Malion, P. Taylor, Colonel Duncombe, W. E. Maguire, J. F. Taylor, P. A. Dunne, Col. Mainwaring, T. Tollemache, Hon.F. Edwards, Col. Moline, It. Torrens, R. Ennis, John Manners, Lord J. Tottenham,Lt.-Col. Farquhar, Sir 11r. Miller, T. Trefusis, Hon. C. H. Fellowes, Edward Mills, J. R. Turner, C. Fitzgerald, W. S. Mitchell, T. A. Vance, John Fleming, T. W. Mittord, W. T. Walcott, Adm. J. E. George, John Montagu, Lord R. Waldron, L. Getty, S. G. Montgomery, Sir G. Walpole, S. H. Goddard, A. L. Moor, H. Waterhouse, S. Gore, J. R. 0. Mowbray, Rt. Hn. J. Whitmore, H. Greenall, G. Murray, William Yorke, Hon. E. Greville, Col. F. Northcote, Sir S. H. TELLERS. Griffith, C. D. O'Conor Don, The Sheridan, 11. B. Grogan, Sir E. O'Ferrall, M. I ladfield, G. "URNITURE, CARPETS, BEDDING, and FLOORCLOTH, CARRIAGE-FREE to any house in the kingdom, regardless of amount or distance. First-class goods at second-class prises. Terms peculiarly liberal to Clergymen and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select rom, displayed in Showrcoms occupying an acre of ground. Every article warranted. I%,ti3IiGYMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR NISH are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and are publishing an entirely New Edition of their un equalled HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, illustrated by4lo adm -able engravings of every description of Furniture and —easteads, with prices attached. A copy sent gm atls and post-free on application. This costly work also contains complete estimates for furnishing on the following revised cale : A Six-roomed Parsonage £74 1 0 An Eight-roomed ditto A Ten-roomedditto A Twelve-roomed ditto Together with a ?rice List of purified Bedding, and a mass of valnable informationto all requiring househ3ld furniture, earpets, or bedding. References kindly permitted to Clergy men and gentlemen in or near Great Malvern, Southampton, Chichester. Bury, Ely, Preston , Grimsby, Ryde, Plymouth, Wells. Oxford, Brighton, Gainsborough, MAr,c,rate. Kidder minster, Wellington. Croydon. Cambridge, Staines, Dorking, St. Aiban's, Worcester, Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David's, Wrexham, and above 500 other places in all parts of Great Brit a COBBETT and CO., General House Furnishers, Deptford bridge, London. S.E, TEAM from LONDON to NEW YORK. 'I he British and American Steam Navigation Company (Limited) will DESPATCH one of the undermentioned Splendid Fast Scr‘w Steamers TWICE E A.CII MONTH for New York : Tons. Horse Power. LONDON 2,500 ..... 500 ..•.. Capt. GLOVER. WESTMINSTER 2,500 500 DUBLIN 2,500 500 ..... Capt. FROUD. NEW YORK 2 5OO ..... 500 ..... ( apt. HARRIS. These magnificent vessels are unsurpassed by any ocean going steamer, and have accommodation for passengers re plete witn every comfort. The Line will commence at an early date ; the exact day to be fixed in a latter announce ment. To load in the Victoria Docks. For freight or passage apply to the Company's Agents , Alfred Laming and C.)., 8, Leadenhall-street. EMPIRE OF MEXICO ANGLO-FRENCH SIX PER CENT. LOAN. £7 ,790 ,000 representing a nominal amount of £12,365,000. In bonds to bearer of £l,oco. £5lO, £ 00, £lOO, and £59 each, with others of smaller amounts for the Continental markets. With half-yearly Coupons attached, payable tat April and Ist otober in London or Paris. ISSUED IN LONDON BY Messrs. GLYN, MILLS, and CO., AND THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL SOCIETY (Limited). IN PARIS BY THE SOCIETE GENERALE DE CREDIT MORILIER. Decrees of the Emperor Maximilian, dated 10th and 11th April, 864, and conventions entered into with Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., authorise the issue of Bonds of the Mexican Empire to the extent of £ 2,365,000 sterling, bearing Merest at 6 per cent. per annum, payable half-yearly in Lon Jon or Paris. Of this amount £8,000,00 ^ bonds will be negotiated on ac count of the Mexican Government, and the remaining £4,365,009 on account of the French Government, by whom these bonds have been accepted in payment of expenses in curred in Mexico. The following are the arrangements for the issue to the public of the total amount of £12,365,. 00, at the pri,e of 63 per cent. (with interest from Ist April), payable £5 on application. „ allotment. £lO „ 15th June, 186!. £lO „ 15th August „ £lO „ 15th October „ £lO „ 15th December „ £lO „ lbth February, 1865. 63 per cent. A coupon of 3 per cent., due Ist October, 1864. will be at tached - to the scrip, and will be rec eived in part payment o the instalment of ii per cent., due 15th October ; and sub scribers wit , have the option of paying the instalments under dis'ount, a t the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, on any of the days fixed for payment ot the instalments. The bonds will be exp . essed in francs, as well as in sterling, so as to admit of their negotiation in Paris and other Conti nental markets. To afford facilities for the negotiation in France, his Excellency, IL Fould, the French Minister of Finance. has authorised that e pubic subscription shall be open d in Pa is and the principal towns of France. He has also instructed the syndics of the Stock Exchange of Paris, Lyons, Marseilles, Toulouse, and Bordeaux to admit the scrip and bonds of the loan to their daily negoti tions, and to order the dealings therein, both for cash and the ac count, to be quoted on the official lists. Each bond will have attached to it half yearly interest coupons. payable on Ist April and Ist October of each year, in London, in sterdng, ac the bank of Messrs. G yn, Mills, and Co., and in Paris, at the fixed exchange of if. 20 per pound sterlin at the bankers of the Mexi an Government. If the instalments be not paid at the respect .ve due dates, Interest at to per cent. per annum will be charged until pay ment. Should any instalment not be paid within ore calen dar month after its being due, the scrip, and all previous pay ments th -reon will be forfeited. Out of the proceeds of the loan a sum equal to the four half yearly payments of interest thereon falling due let 0 tuber, 1864, Ist April and Ist October,lB6s, and Ist April, 1866, will be retained in the Caisse des Depots et Consignations of the French Government at Paris. The Mixed Financial Com mission hereinafter devcribed will be specially charged with the duty of provi :ing, out of the fends so retained, for the payment in London and Paris of the said four ha f yearly dividends. Also, out of the proceeds of the loan, and under precisely similar arrangements, funds will be retained for the next four half year y payment of interest on the 3 per cent. Mexi can Bonds held under the decree of October, 185 and on the new 3 per cont. bonds representinff the ca.,italised arrears of interest thereon, as agreed to by the holders ot the existing* bonds a their recent meeting in Lond n. For the liquidation of the loan now to be contrac'ed, a sinking fund, equal to 1 per cent. per annum on the nominal capital of the loan, will be provided from let April, 1869. and applied to the purchase in London and Paris, of bonds of the various classes issued to represent the loan. A Mexican Financial Commission will be at once estab lished in Paris, and wi'l be empowered to do all official acts necessary for the completion and is sue of the scrip and bonds arising out of the loan, and also for the capitalisation of the arrears of interest on the old bonds, and for other financia , purposes. This commission will con ist of Count de Germiny, Senator, Honorary Governor of the Bank of France ; Mr. W lliam Hope, General Manager of the International Financial So ciety, as P, ovisional English Comm ssioner : and a member to be specially delegated by the Emperor of Mexico. The documents relaticg to the authorisation of the loan may be inspected tu the offices of Messrs. Bircham, Darmple Drake, and Ward, solicitors, 46, P ar liament-stree l t, y West , minster. In case of any application not receiving an allotment the deposit made on application will be returned in full ; and if a less amount be allotted than is applied ior e deposit wit be applied towards the further sum payable on allotment, and the surplus balance, if any, returned to the applicant. Appli ations, accompanied by the prescribed deposit, will be received by Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard street, London. and the International F nancial Society tLimited); or by the Societe Generale de Cre tit Mebilier, at aria, until Saturday next. the 23d April. Lists will also be opened thmuuhout the departments of France by all the car rest), ndents ot the Societe Generale de Credit Mobilier, and of the Credit Fonder of France. At Turin ..by the Societe Generale de Credit Mobilier a Hien. At Madrid 4, Eskagnol. At Amsterdam—de Commerce et d'lndustrie. Forms of application and prospectuses may he had of Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard -street, or the In ternational Finazeial Society (Limited, 5!, Old Broad-street. London, April 16, 1864. THE BRITISH AND SOUTH AMERICAN STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY (Limited). Incorporated with limited liability under the Companies Act, 1862. Capital £1,000,000, in shares of £2O each. First issue 25,000 shares. Derosit £1 per share on application ; further payment on allotment £l. per share. Calls not to exceed £5 per share. No call will be made until after the expiration of three months from the date of allotment, and not less than three months will intervene between each call. DIRECTORS. Charles B. Colchester, Esq. (Messrs. Colchesters and Wool ner), London. Lord Alan Spencer Churchill, London. Richard Heatley, Esq. (Messrs. Heat'ey, Cowan and Co.), London and Valparaiso, Director of the Financial Corpora tion, Limited. G. A. H. Holt. Esq (Director of the London, Buenos Ayres , and River Plate Bank), London. C. C. Johnston, Esq. (Messrs. Samuel Johnston and Co.), Liverpool and Brazil. Thomas itidley, Esq. (Messrs. Ridley, Son, and Co.), Liver p 01. Wm. Di.zby Smith, Esq. (Direc`or of the North British and Mercantile Insurance Company), Liverpool. George Henry Wakefield, Esq. (Messrs. Wakefield, Nash, and Co.), iverpool. John Wa , son, Esq. (Messrs. John Watson and Co.), London, Chairman of the Bahia Navigation Company. Christopher Weguelin, Esq. (Messrs. J. Thomson, T. Bonar and Co.), London. Richard Zahn, Esq., Manchester (Messrs. J. Pini, Zahn, and Co., Valparaiso,. . BANKERS. Liverpool—The North and South Wales Bank. London—The European Bank (Limited , K ng William street, CL y. Manct ester—The Union Bank of Manchester, Limited. THE WELLINGTON THREE SHILLING DINNER, consisting of Soup, Fish, Made Dish, Joint, Sweet, ac., is served daily from 3 to 9 p.m., and on Sundays from 5 to 8.30 p.m. Private Rooms for large or small parties. By order, JOHN CATES, Manager. The Wellington, St. James's-street, Entrance, 100, Piccadilly. NB. 'W. S. twOODIN'S ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY. and _ BACHELOR'S BOX, an Entirely New Entertainment, at the Polygraphic Hall, King William-street, Coaring-cross, EVERY EVENING, at eight (except Saturday); Saturday Mornings at three.— Stalls, and box stalls, 3s. ; area, 28. ; amphitheatre, is. A Plan of the Stalls may be seen, and Seats secured at the Hall from eleven to live. Next Morning Performance, Saturday, April 9, at three. uANTERBURY HALL. THIS EVENING an entirely new and Optical Illusion, entitled • PRINCE BLOSSOM; OR, THE FAIRIES OF THE MAGIC FOUNTAIN AND THE FOREST OF SHADOWS! with novel effects, registered by C. Morton and J. 11. Weston. "The figure of Fame, winged and trumpeted, passinz and repsasing through the Magic Yountain, is so complete an Illusion that it wellnigh ceases to be illusory."--Morning Star, Feb. 19. Prince Blossom, Miss Townley. BROKERS. Liverpool—Messrs. S. R. and R. Flealey, 7, Dale-street. London—Messrs. Walker and Lumaden, 25, Austin-friars. Blanchester Frederick Fielder, Esq , Cross-street. Glasgow—Messrs. Guilds and Tough, 65, St. Vincent-street. In addition to the usual Entertainments of the establish ment, supported by the whole of the talented comrany, in cluding Arthur Lloyd, Miss Nelly Pow3r, Mr. T. 31aelagan, G. W. Tester, Jzo. &o - -•-• • • M •• • - In a few d :ys will be produced, with alterations and im provements in produ , lion, the New Illusion, surpassing any thing yet attempted, entitled THE TERCEN rENA itY ; or, a NItHT WITH SHAKSPERE, in which Mr. W. Randall will re-appear. - - Admission—Area, 6d.; Stalls and Balcony, la. Open every Evening. T " OXFOR D, 6, OXFORD STREET, W. _ _ FORM OF APPLICATION, No ......•• To be retained by the Bankers. EMPIRE OF MEXICO. Ang,rlo-Ftench Six per Cent. L0an—.£7,740,000, representing a Nominal Amount of £12,365, 1 - 00 . To Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., and the International Financial Society (Limited). flaying paid to Messrs. Glyn, Mills. and Co., the sum of £ , being the required deposit of 5 per cent. on £ , I request that you will allot me Y.,5 in the above loan, and I hereby agree to ac^ept that amount or any less sum that may be allott d to me, and to pay the further instalments thereon, in accordance with the terms of your prospectus of 16th April, 1864. Name in full • Ad tress in full Occupation 1864. Date... BANKERS' RECEIPT, No. ..... . To be refained by applicant. EMPIRE OF MEXICO, Anglo-French Six per cent. L0an—£7,790,000, representing a Nominal amount of £12,365,000. 67, Lombard-street, London. April, 1861. Received of the sum of .£ on account of the above loan, being the deposit f 5 per cent. on an application for £ Of the above loan. For Glyn, Mills, and Co., *** The applicant wil' please fill up the blanks of this ap plication and the receipt before presenting the payment. EM PIRE 0 F M EXICO.- ANGLO-FRENCH SIX PER CENT. LOAN. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that NO further APPLI CATION for ALLOTMENTS of the above LOAN will be received after SATURDAY, the 23d inst. For the International Finan cial Society (Limited). GLYNN, MILLS, and CO. WALTER A. MICHEL , Secretary, London, April 20, 1864. THIS EVENING, FRIDAY, will be performed the new and successful Opera, by M. Guonod, FAUST, embracing the entire company of this establishment, with augmented baud and chorus ; other Musical Entertainments, supported by the following talented artistes —Misses Russell, Fitz-Henry, Tyrreß,.Walmsley ; Messrs. Morley, Tivoli, Green, &c. - - MESSRS. BOTT. JACKSON, AND CO. execute COMMISSIONS on all races throughout the year. Market price guaranteed. Remittances. London and Westminster Bank. Post-uflice Orders payable at Camber well-park. Address—BoTT and JACKSON, "Man of the World" Wine Stores, George-street, Camberwell-park, London. Director, Mr. F. Jongtmans, To-morrow Evening, Saturday, THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, by Otto Nicelat. Comedy by uNswormi and EUGENE, Mr. T. Machgan, W. Randall, G. llutchenson, G. W. Jester, Miss Nelly Power (the juvenile comedienne), &c., &o. Admission—Area, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, Is. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. ROYAL ALHAMBRA.- CONTINUED SUCCESS of the CIRQUE, acknow ledged to be the best produced In England. MORNING PERFORMANCE every WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY at Two. EVERY EVENING, at Half-past Seven. OY A I, A.L H A MB R A.— E VERT EVENING the celebrated JEAN JACQUES, from the Cirque Napole.n, Paris. EVERY EVENING at Half-past Seven. ROYAL ALHAMBRA , Brilliant 14: QUESTRIAN SCENE of he Young Ladies, ent.tled THE RIDE FOR TIIE RIBBON. Prices of Admission—Private Boxes (to hold six), 218.; Reserved Se as, 3s. ; Malls and Balcony. 28. ; Pit and Pro menade, Is. ; Upper Balcony, 6d. Box Office open from ten to four. MADAME TUSSAUD'S HISTORICAL GALLERY; established 28 years at the Bazaar, Baker-street. RECENT ADDlTlONS.—President Lincoln and Presi dent Davis; Ancient Effigies of Henry IV. and his Queen Joan, in magnificent costumes of the period (1399); and i‘i the Chamber of Physiognomy is a full-length model of Geo. Victor Townley. Open from 11 in the morning . till 10 at night. Admittance, is. ; extra rooms, od. ARGYLL ROOM S, Windmill-street, Piccadilly, IS OPEN EVERY EVENING. During the evcnin7, an unparalleled repertoire of Dance Music, Selections and Overtures, is performed by the cele brated Argyll Band, forty in number. Doors Open rt Halt-past 8, commence at 9. Admission is. Manager, M. GRENET. 41A, MADDOX-STREET, REGENT-STREET, 'W. THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM. Open daily from 10 till 10. Where may be seen the Astecs; Bushman and Wife; Julia l'astrana and Infant; Eug and Shang, the Siamese Twins ; and upwards of 3,000 Models, Natural Preparations, &a. Egyptian Mummies, unwrapped, 4,000 years old. Admission, One shilling (tor Gentlemen only). AUDITORS. Mom's. Harmood, Banner, and eon, Liverpool. SOLICITORS. Liverpool—Messrs. Littledale, Ridley, and Bardswell, Brown's-buildings. London —Messrs. Mercer and klercer, Mincing-lane. SECRETARY, PRO TEM. J. S. Craig, Esq. TEMPORARY OFFICES. Liverpool - 4 and 5, Brown's-bui dings. London -3, East India-awnue, Leadenhall-street. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in Three Vols., SECOND EDITION of BARBARA'S HISTORY. By AMELtA B. EDIVARDS. From the fimes, March S. —"lt is not often that we light upon a new r ovel of so much mer,t and interest as ' Barbara's History.' It is a very graceful and charming, book, with a well mans,: ed story, clearly cut characters, and sentiments express.d with an exquisite elocution. It is a book which the world will like. This is high praise of a work of art, and so we intend it." thirst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough street. Just ready, Illustrated by Millais, is. bound, CHEAP EDITION OF LES MISERABLES. By VICTOR HUGO. Authorised Enelish Translation, forming the New Volume of "Hurst and Blackett's Standard Library of Cheap .1i(11- tions of Popular Modern Works." Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. ,TNEW and LAST WORK of the Late G. P. R. JAMES. On Monday, April 25, in 2 vols., BERNARD MARSH. A Novel. By the late G. P. R. JAMES, Author of "Richelieu," &c. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. T HE QUARTERLY REVIEW, No. CCXXL, is Published THIS DAY. CONTENTS. I Prospe'ts of the Confederates. 11. Pompeii : Pest and Present. 111. Empire of Mexico. IV. Sir Willam Napier. V. Shakspeare and his Sonnets. VI. The Privy Council Judgment. VII. The Foreign Policy of England. John Murray, Albemarle-street NEW WORK BY MR. CHARLES DICKENS, In Monthly Parts, uniform with the Original Editions of " Pickwick," "David Copperfleid," &c. On Saturday, April 30th, will of be Published Part 1., price T HE ENGLISH AND FOREIGN CREDIT COMPANY (Limited). Incorporated under the "Companies' Act, 1862," by which the liability of the shareholders is limited to the amount of their shares. Capital £2,000,000, in 40,00') shares of £5O each. First issue 20,000 shares. Deposit £1 per share on applica tion, and £4 on allotment, of which 10,0j0 shares h. , ve been already subscribed f r. Subsequent calls not to exceed £2 108 , and at intervals of not less than three months. It is not intended to call up more than Xl5 per share; but as the operations of t he Company require additio Jai capi tal, further issues of shares will be made , a preference being given to the then existing shareholders. DIRECTORS. John Barrow, EN., Normanton Hall, Director Amsterdam Water Works Company. Joseph Bray, Esq , Pyrgo Park, Romford. Ferdinand Jacques, r sq., Banker, Berl n. Charles E. Mangles, Esq., Chairman West India Royal Mail OUR MUTUAL FRIEND, By CHARLES DICKENS. To be completed in Twenty Monthly Parts. With Illustrations by MARCUS STONE. London : Chapman and Hall, 193, Pic:adilly. This Day, Never before Published, price 25., LEAH, THE JEWISH MAIDEN. ** Whoever has seen Miss Batem ,n in "Leah" should read this story, neon which the play is founded. Also, uniform with the above, price4s. each, 1. BEL DEMONIO. I 2. THE DUKE'S MOTTO. N.B.—The popular Dramas are founded upon these novels. London: Ward and Lock, 158, Fleet-street. Company. George Palmer Robinson, Esq., Di rec t or Alliance Bank. George Sheward, Esq., Leinster-square, Bayswater, Thomas Stenhouse, Esq., Chairman Di s count Corporation. George Barnard Townsend, le. Director South Eastern of Portn,al Rai may Company. nAlix.tus. The Alliance Bank, Lothbury, Lond o n ; g- treet, Manchester. SOLICITORS. Messrs.Desboroug,h, Young, and D Brown's-building's, Liverpool; and Kin esborough, 6, Sise-lane. Messrs. Swift and Co., 32, Great George-street, Westminster. BROKERS. Messrs. Deaoete and Gorton, 2, Austin-friars. SECRETARY (PRO TEM ) Mr. Chester E ar k s. TEMPORARY OrpicEs. 2, Copthall-chambers, Angel-court, Throgmorton-street. PROSPECTUS. The Directors having received he support of eminent ing firms in thi country connected with public works , are already in a position to announce foreign capitalists, and the c ) that they have secured a business which will of Itself yield a lar g operation of many of the lead e return on the capital, without reckoning the probable profit which they will also derive from the further operations they have in view. The spirit of enterprise which has now manifested itself in foreign countries, with the encouragement given by the various Governments to the construction of works of public utility, leave no doubt that there is still ample scope for an undertaking of this nature. Having secured not only the influence of those connected with banking establishments in many of the principal cities of the continent, but the acquisi tion of business, whi: ll w ill f orm the basis of immediate profitable transactions , th e Dir ectors have no hesitation in introducing this Associatio n t o the pupilc. The general objects of th is eompa „ y are the same as those of other compan es of a kindred nature which have been lately started in this country, and whi c h, by the judicious employment of capital, h ye been enabled to secure for the shareholders such large dividends. The company will negotiate :- 1. Loans and concessions for railways, and other public works abroad. 2. Th y will advance money on approved securities, as well upon ors of comm ission. osition and tract as 3. p u T re h h e a y s e v; i i responsibility, and facilita te the co nstruction of important public works, No promotion-money will be P ai d , and the amount of the n u d l nenvtmia money e e t y h t o sa o m on e Directors' remuneration will depend upon the profits made. With the view to ex' ended operations upon the continent, the Directors are authorised to publish the names of the fol lowing Bankers, as the correspondents of the Company : Vienica Austrian Credit Institute. Berlin .. Joseph Jacques, Banker. Hamburg The Brunswick Bank, Leipst3 Heinr Knstner and Co. Cologne Breslaw E. Heiman. Banker. Munich Herr Von Froh lithe, Banker. Dresden Konigsberg - Hanover J. Copper and Son, Bankers. Dantzic Prospectuses and forms of application for shares may be obtained at the temporary offices of the company. 2, Copthall chambers. Angel-court, Throgmorton-street, or at the offices of the brokers, Messrs. Dezoete and Gorton, 2, Austin-friars. _____ This Day, price 25., fancy cover, This form must be delivered entire to the bankers of the Company; and, after payment of dep ;sit, the application to be retained by them. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. KATE HAMILTON. An Autobiography of a Gay Life and a " Love" Career. No. To the Directors o! the English add Foreign Credit Company Uniform with the above, price 2s. each, 1. SKITTE,NS. 3. LEFT HER 11031 E. 2. ANONY3IA. 4. FANNY WHITE. WOMEN OF LOND))N, 2s. 6d. Illustrated. London: George Vickers, Angel-court, Strand. BARBARA HOME, the New Novel, by MARGARET BLOUNT, is now ready, In 3 vols., at al► the Libraries. London : John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street. Now ready, price Is., by post is. id., QUAKSPERE'S WILL, AUTOGRAPHS, and k•O PORTRAIT, photogr7phed from the orleinals, ex pressly for the AUTOGRAMIC MIRROR. Welch also contains fac similes of several other interesting documents written by the Poet's patrons and friends. (Limited,. Gentlemen,— Having paid to your bankers the sum o. £ , being a deposit of Xi per Share on shares in the above company, I hereby request that you will allot me that number, and I afire. to accept such shares, or any smaller number that may be allotted o me, subject to the regulations of the company, and also o pay the further deposit of £4 per share on allotment; and I hereby authorise yin to enter my name on the register of shareholders for the shares so al lotted. Name in full licsifience Profession or business Date IVIUDIE'S SELECT LIBRARY TIVENTY-TTITRD YEAR. . . TEETH. —Mr. ESK ELL'S INVENTION in the construction of ARTIFICIAL TEETH has the following aavantages :—A set of teeth, of excellent work manship and mechanism, can be mad e and fitted with the most perfect accuracy and s uccess, i n a few hours , without pain or extraction of stumps, and to answer all the purposes of mastioation and articulation. They are fitted without wires or fastenings, „d adapt themselves so perfectly to the anthout the gums, that they are quite im movea ble , except at the optio n of the wearer. Invalids or residents the mouth without the country can ad just these teeth to many ch g aid of a dentist. They are not so liable to injury, are always useful, and will last a lifetime. Comfort guaranteed. Trea tise explaining Mr. Eskell's Patent, &c., free for 7 stamps. Inspection of specimens andconsultations 1 ree.-B,Grosvenor -1 street, Bond - street, W ; P 1 4 . 39, Bennett's-hill, Dir. ' mingliam. — the Library was Established in April, 1812, in order to promote the widest possible circulation of the best Books in every departmen of Literature. From its commencement great care has been taken to ren der the Library in every way worthy of th- cordi 1 encou ragement it has receiv d. 1:o lc , of every shade of opinion on all subjects of pubic interest have been freely added ; and in cases where the demand has been general, huncreds, and in some instances thousands, of copies of the choicer Works have neen provided for the use of Subscribers. Revised Lists of Works recently added to the Library, and Catalogues of surplus Copies witt,drawn for Sale, are now ready, pn t will be forwardid on application. New Oxford-street, London, April, 1884. NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION, - - MUDIE'S SELECT LIBRARY. FIRST-CLASS SUBSCRIPTION, For a constant succession of the best New Hooks as they appear, ONE GUINEA TO ONE HUNDRED GUINEAS PER ANNUM, According to Ihe Nurbber of Volumes required. CHARLES EDWARD 511 J DIE, New Oxford-street, London City Office-4, King-street, Cheapside. Branch Establishments: Cross-street, Manchester; and Temple-street, Birmingham. PRIZE MEETING, WIMBLEDON, 1864. The following circular, setting forth the condi ditions under which the great National Rifle Meeting will be held at Wimbledon this year has been issued:— MUDIE'S SELECT LIBRARY. SECOND-HAND BOOKS ON SALE. Purchasers of Books for Public or Private Libraries, Mer chants, Shippinr , Agents, intending Emigrants. and others, are romectfully"invited to apply for the APRIL LIST of WORKS withdrawn from Mudie's Librar f for This List includes Ca t. Speke's Discovery of the Source of the Nile—Sir R. Alco^k's Capital of th, Tycoon—Memoirs of Bishop Blomfield—Stanley's Sermons in the East—King lake's Invasion of the Crimea—Life of Edward Irving—Our Old Home—llowitt's Ilistoryof the Supernatural—A Lady's Visit to Manilla and Japan—Lowth's Wanderer in Western Fra , ce —Lord William Lennox's Biographical Reminiscences Earl Stantlopc's Life of Pitt—Queen Nab—Rachel Ray_ and more than One Thousand other Works of the past and present season, at the lowest current prices. CHARLES EDWARD MUDIE, New Oxford-street, London. City Office-4, King-street, Cheapside. BRANCEI ESTABLISHMENTS. Cross-street, Manchester; and Temple-street, Birmingham. T HE NATIONAL SHAKESPEARE MEMORIAL BUST. By FELIX M. M ILL ER, Professor of Sculpture, Govern ment School of Art, published under the special sanction of the National Shakespeare and Strati or d-on -Av on Tercente nary Committees, by HOWELL, JAMES, and CO, Copies will be issued, in the order of registration, to sub scribers only, and are executed in— Wedgwood Ceramic Statuary, 12 in. high, price One Guinea. French Terra Cotta 15 „ „ One Guinea. Bronze 8 „ „ Three Guineas -- - Subscribers' names received lay the agents in Lo don and 0110 provincial towns (where copies of the Bust may be seen), or by the publishers, "The volunteer camp will be ready for occupation on Monday, July 11, and the shooting will commence on Tuesday, the 12th, at one o'clock, on which day the targets will be cpen fur match 2s, pool, fighting, &c. On Wednes day and the following days the prize shooting will com mence at 9.;:0. 1. There will be six ranges, viz.: A, 200 yards ; B, 500 yards ; C, 600 yards ; D, 800 yards; E, 900 yards ; and F, 1000 yards. 2. The size of the target will be the same as in 1863. 3. There will be square bull's• eyes and centres at all ranges, bull's• eyes counting 4, centres 3, outers 2. 4v For volunteers, the shooting at range A will bo off the shoulder; at the remaining five ranges it shall be from the knee, Ilythe position, unless off the shoulder. 5. For all comers, the shooting at range A will, unless otherwise specified, be off the shoulder; at the remaining five ranges any position, but no artificial rests will be allowed unless otherwise specified. 6, Unless otherwise specified, the prizes open to all comers may be shot for with any description of rifle, not exceeding 101 b in weight. 7. Unless otherwise specified, no magnifying sights will be allowed. 8. No hair triggers will be allowed. 9. In all shooting for prizes open to volunteers only the minimum pull of trigger will be 61b. 10. Prizes will be given for rifles classified as follows : 1, Large Bore—A, long Enfield ; B, any rifle of bona fads Government pattern, as used by the rank and file of volun teer corps, and carrying •577 ammunition ; C, any rifle under 101 b which can carry Government •577 bore ammu nition. 2, Any Bore—A, any rifle under 101 b, with any description of eights, telescope excepted. B, Any rifle under 101 b, with metal ramrods and military sights. Sights not being of any Government regulation pattern must be submitted to the council on or before the let of June. The sights must in any case allow of the regula tion bayonet being fixed without injury to the foresight. C, Any rifle under 101 b with telescope affixed weight of telescope not included. D, Any rifle under 151 b, with telescope affixed, the weight of the telescope not included, distance 2,000 yards, projectile solid bullet and shell. This competition will take place at Hythe, or at some other convenient place after the Wimbledon meeting. No prize will be given unless two competitors enter. 3, Breechloaders, 4. Carbines. 11. Ties-1. Where prizes are competed for at one range only, ties shall fire one shot each at that range until the best shot be returned. 2. Where prizes are competed for at more than one range, and adjudged according to the aggre gate number of points made, ties shall fire one shot at the longest range until the best shot be returned. 12. In the competition for prizes restricted to volunteers, at ranges A, B, and C, none but Government ammunition, as supplied on the ground from the Government magazine, shall be used. Any competitor infringing this rule shall be disqualified from competing for any prizes during the re • mainder of the meeting. - HOWELL, JAMES, and Co., Goldsmiths, &e., By appointment to the Queen and vrince and Princess of Wales, b, 7, and 9, REGENT-STREET, LON OuN. Photographs and prospectuses forwarded post free on ap plication. SHORTHAND —PITMAN'S PHONOGRA PHIC TEACHER. 6d. ; free by post, 7d. SHORTHAND. -PITMAN'S PHONOGRA PHIC MANUAL. Free by post, ls. Bd. SHORTHAN D.-"PITMAN'S PHONO GRAPHY forms an exceedingly efficient—probably the MOST efficient—system of Shorthand that exists."—Sir Rowland HilL DIGS! PIGS! PIGS!-INDIAN PIG MEAL, without husks, supplied to the Royal farms, Windsor, and in every county In England, lOs 6d per cwt. ; one cwt. equal to 1 cwt. barley or any meal. Delivered free in Lon don. Established 1858.-1110 MAS PEA.RCE, Manager, 66, Lant-street, Southwark. 13, Two sighting shots shall be allowed to each competi tor at each distance, in every competition, on payment of ls. per shot. These shots shall be fired in order, when the squad is formed and at the target about to be used in the competition. No sighting shot shall be allowed after the squad has commenced the competition. 14. Sighting shots may be fired in any position. 15. Competitors shall, if required, submit their rifles for inspection before, during, or after a match. 16. No competitor shall, unless otherwise specified, enter more than once for any prize. 17. All entries shall close on the day and at the hour fixed for the commencement of each competition. MERCHANTS, MANUFACTURERS, TRADERS, AND EXECUTORS. ACCOUNTS arranged and adjusted, and Balance Sheets prepared—Financial operations organised and Banking fa cilities arranged.—Cash Advances made on Trade Stock, Dock Warrants, and other Securities, and Sales effected.— The Agency of Provincial and Foreign Firms undertaken. Address, Messrs. BANKES and Co., Accountants, 20, Devereux-court, Strand, London, W.C. DR. 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All competitors for open volunteer or all-comers' prizes who enter their names on or before the Ist of July, will be squadded according to the date of entry, and due notice will be given of the probable day and hour when their squad will shoot. All subscqueiat entries will be squadded on the ground. 19. All winners of the Queen's prize (second stage), all winners in the Albert, Prince of Wales, Alexandra, Duke of Cambridge, Association cup, Wellington, Dudley, Derby, and Oaks competitions, and also the winners of first prizes at any of the distances in the Any bore' or Enfield All Comers' competitions, shall be debarred from again winning the same prize or prizes. N.B.—A £5O cup will be annu ally given to be competed for by prizemen so excluded. 20, The winners of money prizes shall, as in previous years, have the option of taking them in money or in kind. 21. All winners of money prizes shall, on or before the morning of Friday, the 22d July, declare to the secretary their intention to take their prise in money or in kind. 22. Those who wish to take their prize in money can be paid on the ground, on presenting at t h e finance department a certificate, signed by the chief of the statistical department, and countersigned by the secretary. 23. All members of volunteer corps competing for prizes restricted to volunteers shall be required to appear in the uniform of their corps. 24. 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' A.,ifao - 1 ,tibilliaa, t, ..,.-4. 4.1,.::,, tti, , . ~ . ?,,, - ,-Amoc . : 7 : , w , . •,:, 7 -n1 "S• , Ilf 1; tz • 1. t... .\- -,---volunteer or s m ha u i s i k b e e tr g y u i a n u s fi t t o o r ;I thoo o t h fo S r -, , • ......„..07of mitk, .1.1.14; ..A le , , 16- ~,e , ...," Ditorr. ~....:„. . • .. , - p served r2s.sNi N o n to volunteers only. 26. An umpire shall be appointed by the council. 27. All disputed points shall be decided by the umpire, whose decision shall be final, and entered in a book kept for that purpose. By order, E. ST. JOEL MILDMAY, Secretary. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. The Duke of Somerset, as First Lord of the Admiralty, held a levee yesterday afternoon, at the Admiralty, White• hall. There were among tLe officers who attended Admiral Peake, Rear-Admiral Gitlard, Capts. R. B4Oldfield, 'Th. mas Sautnarez, Henry Christian, John P. Luce, E. 11. V,..rn07), John F. Ross, F. Patten, N. E. B. Tumour, W. C. Ald ham, and W, 11. llaswell ; Commanders R. A. E. Scott, John R. Alexander, Douglas Walker, Philip 11. Colomb, Henry C. Marston, F. Lodder, Henry B. Woo!combe, Povrnall W. Pelham, Charles F. Palmer, Thomas L. Symonds, William 11. Jones-Byron, and G. M. Smith ; and Lieuts. George B. Goolden, Richard Roche, and Mr. Samuel Winter, paymaster. The gunboats forming the first division of the steam reserve at Portsmouth were yesterday, at 7 30 a.m., signaltcd front the flagship to receive their crews and ammunit ion, and ren dezvous at Spithoad for sea service. A 8 clan. the Albacore, manned from the Asia, was under weigh, and in another half hour every boat in the division, comprising the Tyrian, Fancy, Foam, Stork, Albacore, Earnest, and Charger, w as clear et the harbour tad steaming for Spithead. Here Capt. Scott, C. 13., aide-de-camp to the Queen, and flag captain to the commander-in-chief at Portsmouth, Vice-Admiral Sir M. Seymour, joined the little fleet in the Sprightly steans tender, and, assuming command, led the way outside, where a lengthened series of manoeuvres under steam was gone through, and the crew exercised in firing. Soon after noon they stood in for the harbour channel, and made an attack. on Southsea beach, which was defended by two batteries of field artillery, under review by Lord W. Paulet. The Shannon East Indiaman, 1,292 tons register, Capt. C. J. Daniels, R.N.R., arrived at Spithead yesterday morn ing from Calcutta, with the headquarters of the 13th (Ist Somersetshire or Prince Albert's Regiment of Light Infan try) Foot on board, a few invalids and time-expired men, and a number of private passengers. The 13th consisted of Lieut.-Col. Muter and Mrs. Muter, Capt. Rowley, Mrs. Rowley, and three children, Capt. Williams, Lieuts. Gill, Cox, Brooks and Fenwick, Ensign O'Callaghan, Quarter master Hober, Assist.-Surg. Stewart, 296 men, 17 women, and 17 children. Two soldiers died during the passage. Soon after the arrival of the Shannon her commander received orders to proceed on to Dover, where the 13th are ordered to be quartered, and at 3 p.m. the ship was towed out to the southward clear of the shoals, and recommenced her voyage under all plain sail, with the wind light from S.E. Previously the invalids and time-expired men were landed at Portsmouth. Lieut. W. W. Anderson has been appointed to her Ma• jesty's ship Euryalus as supernumerary. THE ARMY. The Royal Artillery stationed at Portsmouth garrison and field batteries were yesterday inspected on Southsea-com mon. by Major-General Lord W. Paulet, C.B. The force assembled on the ground consisted of eight batteries of garrison artillery, under the command of Lieut.-Col. Long den, and the K battery of the 4th brigade and B battery of the 9th brigade, with six 12-pounder Armstrongs in each battery, under the command of Major Milman, the whole force being under the command of Col. Warde, C. 8., the officer commanding the artillery of the garrison and district. The ground was taken up at the south end of the common, the garrison batteries being in the centre, with a field bat tery on each flank. Soon after the force was formed up in position Major-Gen. Lord W. Paulet arrived in front of the line, accompanied by Col. Hackwell, Assist.-Adjt. Gen. ; Col. Shadwell, Assist.-Quartermaster-Gen.; Capt. Paule', A.D.C., and Town Major Breton, and was received with a general salute. After he had made a rather minute inspection of the line from right to left the ceremony of marching past was carried out, the field batteries passing first in demi-batteries and the garrison in batteries, and following in batteries of guns in close order and in grand divisions, the field batteries closing this portion of the proceedings by going by at a trot in batteries in open order. Everything had a look of ef f iciency and seemed worthy the reputation of the royal regiment. As coon as the marching past was concluded the garrison batteries were for a time marched aside, and the field batteries bringing up their guns unlimbered and opened fire from right to left on the line of sea bench on their front. A variety of similar evolut;ons fol lowed, guns being limbered and unlimbered, and front changed and fire opened in different directions according to the direction of the commanding officer. Considerable inte rest was added to one part of the mimic fight when the bat teries were drawn up in a line parallel with the sea-shore, and were firing rapidly seaward, on the sudden appearance close inshore of eight screw gunboats, which opened a heavy fire upon the field batteries from their 7 and S .inch gurs. Their deep boom drowned the slighter report of the 12- pounders on shore. PROSPECTUS. The rapid development of steam navigation in long voyages and the recent improvements in marine engines admitting of greatly increased economy in consumption of fuel, make it evident that era long all the valuable trade f the world will be conveyed by screw steamers, which, while worked at a cAnparatively moderate cost, ensure regularity of des. atch ant certainty of arrival not attainable by the fastest clipper sailing ships. The Mediterranean, American, and West Indian trades are now almos , exclusively carried on by unsubsidised screw steamers, and the resulc of the established lines, such as the "Inman," "Bibby," ,Ic., has been highly remunerative to the shareholders. This Company has been formed to establish a line of steam communication between England, Brazil, he River Plate, and the West Coast of South America via the Straits of Magellan. The recent passages of the Pscifi Company's boats, which in proceeding to their stations in the Pacific, have performed the voyage in 35 to 40 days from Liverpool to Valparaiso, calling at Madeira, St. Vincent, and Monte Video, prove the feasibility of this route. he vast extent of trade with the countries with which thi Company proposes to open communication may be Ecen from the following statement:— The exports of British manufactures to Brazil, River Plate, Chili, and Peru, in 1863, amounted in value to The impor s from the West Coast, c nsisting of bar copper, silver ore, nitrate, wheat, `wool, cotton, &c., employ over 2^0,000 tons of shipping annually. From Chili the annual exports of bar copper are about ~ 11 ” Regulus 25,000 „ /7 91 Copper ore The annual exportation of produce from Chili alone is valued at upwards of ......Z1,C00,000 sterling. It will thus be seen that a large and profitable field exists (as yet unprovided with steam for commercial purposes), for the establishment of a I , ne of screw steamers of power suffi cient to ensure certainty of quick passages, and of capacity to take large cargoes, affording at the same time accommoda tion for a yearly increasing passenger traffic to Brazil aid to the West Coast. The Company will commence operations with six screw steamships of 2,2110 tons and 300 horse-power each ;having eapacity tor 2,000 tons cargo, 35 days' fuel, and accommoda tion for 50 to 70 firs and a similar number of second- lass passengers), leaving Liverpool and Falmouth once a month, calling at Bahia, Rio Janeiro, and Monte Video (takinggoods and passengers for Buenos Ayres), thence proceeding via Straits of Magellan to Valparaiso and Lima. Arrangements will be made to take cargo to and from Arica, Islay. and other ports on the West Coast. The vessels are guaranteed to steam 10 knots, and, be ing fully rigged as clipper sailing ships, are calculated to perform the voyage regularly in, say— Falmouth to Rio Janeiro (calling at Bahia) 25 days, Do. Monte Video 3I „ Do. Valparaiso Do. Lima 6O „ The average passage of sailing ships to the West Coast be ing over 90 days. The Chilian Government has long wished to see such aline established, and some years ago offered a subsidy for the pur pose; it is hoped that at the least liberal concessions will be obtained, not only from the Chilian, but also f • om the Peru vian, Argentine, and Brazil Governments, which will tend to facilitate the operations of the Company. The expense of working such aline has been carefully gone into, and every confidence is felt in recommending this scheme as posseasing elements equal, if not superior, to any mercan tile steam line from England. The Pacific Company, though on'yconnected indirectly (via Panama) with England, commenced in 1840 with four small steamers, h •%'e now a fleet of 17 vessels of great power, pay very han +some dividends, and their shares, which originally 'were £5O each, are now quoted at £B4, whilst in no trade have sailing ships left more profitable results than in that of the West Coast. The services of a firm well acquainted with the trade, and the m tnagement of screw steamers, have been secured on satisfactory terms, and the business of the Company will be conducted on the most e3onomical scale consistent with efficiency. ' No promotion money will be paid for originating this Com pany, but the preliminary expenses will be confined to neces sary disbursements only. The articles of association maybe seen at the offices of the solicitors to the Company. Applications for shares must be accompanied with the pay ment of the deposit of £l per share. In case the amount so paid exceed £2 per share on the number of shares allotted, the surplus will be returned ; but should it fall short the balance must be paid within the time to be stated in the let ters of allotment, otherwise the allotment will be cancelled and the deposit forfeited. Forms of application for shares may be obtained from the bro ers, and at the temporary offices of the Company. In cases where no allotment is made the deposit will be re turned in full. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. (To be re' ained by the bankers.) To the Directors of the British and South American Steam Navigation Company (Limited). Gentlemen, --having paid to your bankers the sum of £ , being a deposit of £1 per share on shares in the above Company, I hereby request that you will a lot me that num ber ; and I agree to accept the same, or any less number you may allot me, and to become a member of the Company; and I authorise you to place my name on the register of mem bers for the shares so allotted ; and I agree to be bound by all the conditions and regulations contained in the memo randum and articles of association of rhe Company. I further authorise you to forward by post, to my address as below, the certificate for any shares which may DC allotted to me. Name in full ..................... Residence Firm (if any) Profession or business .............. Place of business .................... Date ... Office—lW, Strand, W.C. MUDIE'S SELECT LIBRARY. FREE DELIVERY OF BOOKS. MUDIE'S LIBRARY MESSENGE iIS call on appointed d lys to deliver Books at the Residences of Subscribers, in every part of London and the immediate neighbourhood. Prospectuses, posta2,e free, on application. CHARLES EDWAR 0 kUDI E, New Oxford-street, London. THE ORIGINAL itOYAL BUCKINGHAM SAUCE, for Roast Meat, Hashes, Gravies, Stews, Steaks, Soups, Fish, Game, &c. Prepared only by M Bum and proprietors, Mos. Bu and Co., 10, Bath-place, 1)a ston, London, N.E. Court of Common Council, Yesterday, at a meeting of the Common Council, held at Guildhall, the Lord Mayor presiding, Mr Alderman Rese called attention to a bill which had been introduced into Parliament for reconstructing the Thames Conservancy Board and adding six new members, three of whom are to represent the shipowners, two the steamboat interest, and one the barge owners. The bill, he said, also provided for the first time for the payment of members of the board, and apportioned a sum of £5OO a year to the deputy-chairman. He regarded that part of the measure as extremely objec tionable, for this, among other reasons, that the representa• tives of the Common Council at the board had always consi dered it an honour to serve the corporation in that capacity. But he has opposed to the whole principle of the bill, inas much as it went completely to disturb a great settlement of long-pending suits between the Crown and the corporation come to only seven years ago, and which established the Conservancy Board on its present basis, Mr Thorpe, deputy-chairman of the Conservancy Board, explained that . the bill was founded on the report of a select committee of the House of Commons, who had carefully investigated the manner in which the Conservancy had been performed since 1857, when the settlement referred to was arrived at. He added, in reply to Mr Hartridge, that the bill had been in troduced by the Vice-President of the Board of Trade, and not at the instigation of the Conservancy Commissioners. Deputy Harrison expressed in strong terms the surprise with which he had heard that it was in contemplation to ect aside a charter granted by the Crown and confirmed by Parliament only a few years ago. Eventually, on the mo tion of Alderman Rose, copies of the bill, of the report, and evidence on which it was founded, and of the Act of Par liament of 1857, which embodied the agreement effecting the compromise in question, were ordered to be sent to every member of the court. Mr Lawley brought forward a motion, of which he had given notice, to the effect that the corporation, highly appreciating the municipal institu tions which it had enjoyed for so many centuries, and believing that the time had now arrived when the privileges of self-government should be extended to those portions of the metropolis not yet intrusted with the management of their own local affairs, and desiring to aid in the accomplish ment of that result, were prepared to contribute the sum of £5,000 as a nucleus of a borough fund to each of the Par liamentary boroughs of Southwark, Westminster, Maryle bone, Lambeth, Finsbury, and the Tower Hamlets, to be paid them when these boroughs shall have obtained charters of incorporation, under the provisions of the Municipal Cor porations Act. He grounded his motion chiefly on the ten dency to spread of the obnoxious system of centralisation, which he contended was adverse to popular liberty, and of which they had examples in the administration of the poor laws and the police, and in the proceedings of the Metrope litan Board of Works, and in the changing character of the constitution of the Thames Conservancy Board. He dwelt also on the right of the metropolitan boroughs to municipal institutions, having regard to their enormously increasing population. Between 1831 and 1861, a period of 20 years, he said the population of Southwark had increased front 134,000 to 193,000, in round numbers ; of Westminste r from 202,000 to 254,000 ; o f F insbury, from 224,000 to 387,000; of Marylebone, from 134,000 to 436,000; of Lam beth, from 150,000 to 294,300 ; and of the Tower Hamlets, from 302,000 to 647,000 . The motion was seconded by M; Rudkin. On the oth er h and, Mr. Anderton ridiculed the idea of the Corporation of London expending £30,000 in an enterprise so Quix o ti c — an d Mr. De Jersey opposed the motion, contending that the Common Council ought to be above the attempt to maintain the prestige of the Corpora tion by seeking to obtain municipal institutions for agglo merations of parishes throughout the metropolis. Depu t y Elliott deprecated the Corporation interfering in the manage ment of other people's affairs to the neglect of their own. The motion was received with little sympathy, and at one thee the Court was very nearly being counted out. Mr Medwin spoke in fav our o f the proposition, as holding out the right h an d o f f e l lowship to the m e t ro politaialcommuniiy, by whom th e C orporat i on of London w as regarded with envy. Mr. H. 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